Past Issues :: 2006 December 15 :: Contents
Cover Story
A light in the dark
The annual Homeless Memorial Service took place Thursday, Dec. 21, 6-7 p.m., in the courtyard at Outside In, 1132 SW 13th Ave., in Portland. The event honored those who have died homeless, and those who still struggle with homelessness.
Editorial
SAFE plan leverages citations for services
Letters
Portland following in N.Y.'s failed tracks
Street Poetry
Poems
Columns
Director's Desk
Street Roots is more than halfway to reaching its goal of $20,000. We are hoping readers will pitch in so that Street Roots will be able to hire a third staff member, upgrade our technology, and help vendors with additional sales items in 2007.
Hungry in Portland
Looking at the border from both sides of the fence
Last week, my friend Terri Caldwell and her friend flew to Phoenix, rented a car and drove down to Nogales, Arizona. she wanted to see the Mexican border fence from both sides.
Therresa Kennedy
In memory of Anita M. Floyd
Anita M. Floyd was a homeless woman, one of many in this city, and also a kind of pleasant social fixture downtown.
Alejandro Queral
Police complaint process lacks fairness, public confidence
The Portland Police Bureau has recently found its name on the headlines far too many times for their liking, especially since most of the news has not been necessarily positive.
Bob Healy
Astoria deals with renewal and displacement
The so-called renaissance has a paradoxical character in the sense that rising property values and rents displace many who live in Astoria, in particular low-wage service workers who are not able to afford to live in the city they work in. Sound familiar?
Street Culture
Simple solutions from the street up
OK, America, people of the street, here are a few ideas on how we can make life on the street more conducive not only for our tired asses but those that look upon homelessness as a crime.
News
Fast Facts: Who owns the media these days?
News Brief
Rental costs continue to climb, pricing workers
out of housing
Street News Service
Mexican children cross border solo as security rises
Slipping into the U.S., 8-year-old Adrian Ramirez began a three-day trek across the cactus-studded wastes with just a small bag of tortillas and one large hope keeping him going.
A way with words: How N.Y. lyricist Saul Williams learned to love language
Saul Williams doesn't love words. He subjugates them. "I treat words sometimes the way rappers treat women in videos," he chuckles. "I pour champagne and see what happens."
Slum dwellers unite to create "grassroots up" development
Development aid: Those with means think of plans and execute those plans to help those without means. That is how it was and is, but will this also be the future? During this year's UN Habitat's World Forum, a new voice arose: "We are fed up with this system," it said.
